Tourist Season

Submitted by Cooking_with_MREs t3_122w9d0 in washingtondc

This is my first National Cherry Blossom Festival. My wife and I moved here back in June and I don't remember the Metro being as crazy packed as it was today.

Is it just me or does it seem like an unusually larger number of people on the Metro this weekend?

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way2gimpy t1_jds394l wrote

It’s pretty crazy today. Yesterday had bad weather weather so everyone is going to to the tidal basin today

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crossedtherubicon20 t1_jds6xel wrote

Yea probably due to weather yesterday, everyone decided to go today. Plus it’s the Kite Festival today too on top of peak bloom.

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sprint113 t1_jdsqbxn wrote

Plus we just got out of one of the colder bits of weather this winter and have like absolutely perfect weather today.

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AlpenBass t1_jds98wp wrote

If the problem is “the Metro is so packed with tourists” who have come to town, bringing tourism $ with them (on Metro, nonetheless!)… wow, what a great problem to have! Edit: TBC, I know you didn’t say this is a problem as such, OP.

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SchokoKipferl t1_jdspe1u wrote

I do wish they would run the trains more often on peak weekends. I’m on the red line and had to wait 8 minutes for an already packed train.

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NPRjunkieDC t1_jdshhaj wrote

I've never seen so many Cherry Blossom postings on here . So this year seems different

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kevin_from_illinois t1_jdsk8oe wrote

I think the FOMO over the cherry blossoms has been amplified by social media.

A few years ago we had a brilliant day similar to this - 68 degrees, sunny, blue skies - that coincided with peak bloom. It was pretty busy but it didn't seem anywhere as crazy as it does this year. Not nearly as many blossom photos on Reddit either.

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GettysburgPhillyFan t1_jdtq3vy wrote

Weekend + nice weather (especially after multiple crappy days in a row) + peak bloom = one of the busiest days of the entire year

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veloharris t1_jdslcc9 wrote

The mall area is essentially peak tourist season from early March to early June. But yes peak bloom is always especially bonkers. The tree lighting is another predictable bonkers event.

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blootereddragon t1_jdtalty wrote

I had an unrelated event where I had to get off at Smithsonian this afternoon and I thought I'd walked into the zombie apocalypse

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